Railroad-tie.



F. QUIST.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 061219, 1014,

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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Patented Feb. 2; 1915.

Application 516d 98 201091 19, 1914. Saris-1H0. 867,8fi5.

To all whom it may cmwem Be i kno s tha I, FEED Q isr, cit zen oftheUnited Stategresiding st Sacremento, in'thccounty of Sacramento and Sate of r, @ial-ifornifi, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Railroad-Ties; and I do declare the following to be afull clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers Skilled in the art to ,0 which it epperteins to make and use thesome. 1

. My invention relates to improvements in railway ties and garticulerlyspecific improvements over United bioteeie ent s Nwnber 1,055,078. Thispatent covers, genorally, a specific form of be having a me -s1 coveringand a bed plate resting upon the tie end forming the top of the covering01' oasn I hsvefound that the structure of the co plate may be pr d p yc e icjng an inwardly progectmg flange on the upper edge of one side ofthe casing, and by forminga groove in the adduccnt edge of the bedplate, in which said ange 15 designed g toproject, this structurepositlvely preventing the'entrancc of water, snow or we, at this point-Another object of the invention 1s to so position. and construct atransverse tie bar to "as to cause the same to positively prevent.lomtitudinal shifting of the bed piste upon the tie, and to likewiseconstruct this bar so gs to cause the same to form a rigid support for arail brace.

2315 I With the above and minor objects in view,

the invention resides in certain novel features of construction andcombination here- :11 described and claimed and shown 1n the drawingswherein:

40 Figure l is a top plan view of a tie constructcd in accordance withmy invention, av

rail being applied t one end of the tie Fig. 2 is an edge view of a t eand a vertlcal section through a rail thereon; Figs. 3 and 4- arevertical transverse sections es seen on the lines 3-3 and 44 of Fig. 1;Fig. 5 is a detail longitudinal section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2;Figs. .6 and 7 are pervective views of the bed plates employed; 50 E g.8 is a similar view of one of the blocks "constituting a part of thetie.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates awooden blockhaving rectangular base end-a similarly shaped as top, a priir of str ypr ght end wal s an penor upwardly converg ng side Wells 2.

The dock is rcmovably positioned within a casing 3 which includes acorrugated bottorn a pair of upright end walls 5, an immovable side wall6 and a removable side wall 7, the walls 6 and 7 contacting with theinclined walls 2 of the block 1. It will be noted that the upper edge ofthe wall 6 lies ilush'with the block 1, while the correspond ing edge ofthe Wall 7 is extended slightly above said top and is turned inwardlyand downwardly to provide a longitudinal flange 8 which is notched atits center, as indicated et 10 in Fig. 3, said notch registering with atransverse groove ii in the top of the block 1. Resting upon the top ofthe block 1, is a bed plate 12 whose opposite outer corners are providedwith pairs of spaced ears 13, while its inner corners are provided withsimilar cars 14-, said cars 13 and 14 engaging brackets 15 carried bythe ends 5 of the casing, and designed to retain rail clamps 16 inactive position. As clearly seen in Figs. 1, 3, l, (5 and 7, the outeredge of the top of the plate 12, is provided with a longitudinal Vshaped groove 17 into which the flange 8 projects as most clearly seenin Fig. 1. By this simple expedient o1 wnstruction, any moisture ispositively prevented from entering the casing at this point.

'ils inner edge of the bed plate 12 is here shown as provided with adepending; flange 18 which contacts with the adjacent upper edge of thewell 6, thereby preventing the entrance of water at this side of thetie. From the above, it will be seen that practically no moisturewhetever is allowed to enter the casing, thereby prolonging the life ofthe block 1 therein.

So far, I ha vc described but one bed plate, one casing and one blocktherein, but I wish to here explain that this structure is employed oneach side of the track, or in other words, a plate 12 1s located beneatheach real it, said lttllS being held against lateral shifting by-lugs 19which rise from said plates and engage the edges of the rail bases. Inmost cases, it becomes desirable to provide longitudinal drainingchanncls on the upper faces of the plates 12 and located directlybeneath said bases of the rails, said channels 20 and the grooves 17serving to conduct all water from the to]? of the bed ni h to the endsthereof.

For the purpose of preventing spreading of the mils, a transversesectional tie bar is provided, said bar including a section which issecured to one bed plate and a similar section 5.5 secured to the other.It will be noted by reference to the drawings that the outer ends 26 ofthe sections 25 and 25 project transversely beneath the bed plates andare preferably, though not i'iccessarily, formed integrally with saidplates, the extreme terminals of the end portions 26, being extendedvertically as most clearly seen at 97 in Fig. 3, and lying flush withthe tops of the plates 12. To these upturned ends 2?. curved rail braces28 are secured by rivets 29 or other appropriate toners, similarfastening elements being passed. through the bases of said braces andthrough the adjacent portions of the plates 12. When the parts areapplied. to use, the upper ends of the braces 28 engage the heads of therails as clearly seen in the drawings.

The inner end portion of the section or in other words, the portionthereof projecting inwardly from the bed plate 12 to which it isattached. is provided with a pair of depending bracing flanges 30 on its0pposite side edge, with a plurality of spaced teeth 31 on ts lower sideand With a depending pin 32. The teeth 31 are designed to intcrengagesimilar teeth 33 formed on the upper side of the section at its in nerend, as seen in Fig. 3, in which position the pin 32 projects through anopening in said section 25 while a similar pin 34 rising from said lastnamed section, projects upwardly through an opening in the section 25,suitable cotter pins 35 being then driven through openings in the pins32 and 3-1 as clearly seen in the various figures. Although this mannerof connecting the op posite bed plates is desirable, it will beunderstood that an integral tie bar could be used to advantage. and thatI do not, theretore, wish to be limited to the exact details of cortraction described. It is an important feature, however, that the outerends of the scctioi'is 25 i d 25 act as partial fastencrs tor the brace'28. this becoming particularly advantageous it the plates and tie rollsare l'oi'nied in separate sections. since the bases ol said braces 28serve to rigidly unite the plates and said, outer ends, through theinstrumentalitv oi the rivets 29.

From the foregoing description talren in commotion with theacconii'ianyingdrawings. it. will be seen that a comparatively simpledevice has been provided which possesses a number oi advantageousfeatures.

It it desired to obtain information disclosing the exact construction ofthe clamps H3 United States Patent 1,055,079 may be referred to. sincethis patent covers this feature alone.

lor more specific details oi the casing in \\"i.l;l] the blocks 1 aresecured, United States Patent 1,055,078 may be consulted,

since the construction illustrated in the prescnt case and thatillustrated in said patent is practically identical except as abovepointed out.

I claim:

1. The combination with a rail supporting blocle and a casing surroundinthe same, ont'l side of said casing having a longitudinal doivnwun'dlyand inwardly turned flange on its upper edge, of a bed plate restingupon said block and having a groove in one edge of its top, said groovereceiving said flange. and means at the other edge of the plate forpreventing the entrance of moisture.

2. The combination with a rail supporting block of a casing surroundingthe same, one side ot-said casing having a longitudinal downwardly andinwardly turned flange on its upper edge, of a bed plate resting uponsaid block and having a groove in one edge of its top, said groovereceiving said flange, and a second longitudinal flange depending fromthe opposite edge of said bed plate and contacting with the adjacentside or the casing.

3. The combination with a rail supportingblock having a transversegroove in its top, of a bed plate overlying said block and having aprojection on its lower side fitting into said groove to preventshifting of the plate on the block.

4-. The combination with a rail supporting block having a transversegroove in its top, of a bed plate overlying said block, a transverse tiebar having one end underlying said plate and secured thereto, said endbeing located in the groove whereby to prevent longitudiinil shifting ofthe plate on the block, and means for preventing lateral shifting ofsaid plate.

.3. The con'ibination with a rail supporting block havii'ig a transversegroove in its top of a bed plate overlying said block, a transverse tiebar having one end portion uriderl ving said plate. the terminal of saidend portion b ing ("\UlHtifLl vertically into contact with the outeredge oi the plate and lying flush with the top thereof, and an inclinedrail brace having a base secured to said vertically cxiended terminal.

1",. Th -.-onibination with a rail support ing bloclt and two pair:- oi'angu ar bra kets projecting From the opposite, ends thereof and risingabove its top, of a bed plate overlying said l)l()('l and having in endscontacting with the inner side; (it said braclv'cts. and spaced can;pr'ojcciii'ig over said ends and contacting vv 'h the rides of saidbracket .xhcirhv ligizudinal and transverse slo ring oi' th b d plate isprevented.

T. A devi e i'or the purpose sct forth comprising a rectangular bedplate having a longitudinal groove in one edge of its top, a flangedepending from the opposite In testimony whereof I have hereunto setedge of said plate, a tie r06. havihg its my hand in presence of twosubscribing outer end underlying and formed integrally witnesses.

with said plate, the inner end of said rod FRED QUEST. projectinglaterally from the flanged edge Witnesses:

thereof and spaced ears rojecting from J. J. HENDERSON, the oppositeends of the plume. M. W. SITTON.

